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The Roundtable

Book Picks: Northshire Bookstore

By Joe Donahue
Published April 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM EDT
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This week's Book Picks come from Mike Hare of Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga, NY and Manchester, VT.

Mike:

  • Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America by Will Bardenwerper
  • Audition by Katie Kitamura
  • The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 by Rick Atkinson
  • Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
  • Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation by Brenda Wineapple
  • A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner
  • Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
  • King by Jonathan Eig
  • Hellhound On His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History by Hampton Sides
  • King of Kings by Scott Anderson

 

 

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